ACT fertility rates lowest in Australia and driven down by cost of living pressures enquiry finds. Seems unlikely as ACT has highest incomes and lowest financial stress in Australia. canberratimes.com.au/story/8755480/

Please, journalists: rather than spend 30 minutes on the 10th vox-pop, could you just spend 3 minutes on Google Scholar checking the Australian economics journals? Marginal benefit would be huge.

Number of dwellings per 1000 people varies in Australia from mid 500s in inner suburbs (Syd/Mel/Bris) to low 300s in outer suburbs. Correlates heavily with share of population aged <20 and aged >65. Income level makes little difference. (ABS Census 302 SA3s >20K pop)

Housing stock per capita mostly measures demographics I explain more here👇 fresheconomicthinking.com/p/housing-stoc…

Good answer from Alan Kohler on cap gains impact on housing. There is no simple ‘mathematical’ relationship that can be easily established. Complex behaviour responses that we have only a limited understanding of.

Endless debate and many official reports about Aust not building enough homes. I don’t think any have been able to say how many more dwellings our 11m current market should be.

How many more dwellings/households could Australia potentially have keeping in mind that 83%-87% dwellings are largely 'fixed'? Scope for splitting in group households (3%), multiple families (2%), couples with non-dependents (8%). Beyond that you build vacant dwellings.

Younger household's cost of living increases have been lower than older household's over the past 10 years - ANU Living Cost Index. (mostly thanks to relatively low rental cost changes)

Sun setting over Canberra’s most impressive town centre

It’s past time to rethink tobacco control policy in Aus. We need to be realistic, and start putting the holistic wellbeing of disadvantaged people at the centre. Check out this important story from abc730 featuring me Sydney Health Sydney Uni Media abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

‘Economists can be a pain in the arse’. Good speech by PC head Danielle Wood on the economics profession abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…